Undergarment



Sept. 23, 1941- J. A. BOY'SEN UNDERGARMENT Filed Oct. 27, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 94 m ATTORN EYS Sept. 23, 1941 I Filed Oct. 27, 1938 J. A. BOYSEN UNDERGARMENT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR fo/m A. Boysen ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 23, 1941 *UNDERGARMENT 7 John AQBoysem Rutherford, N. J., assignor to Robert Reis-& 00., New York,N..-Y.,' acorporatio n of New York Application October 27, 1938;Serial No. 237,177

1 Claim.

"Theinvention relates "to undergarments and "particularly to that type of mens undergarment knownin the trade as shorts, although the inventi'on is equally applicable'in the fabrication-of garments such as drawers, bathing suits,trousers, and'the like.

Undergarments of this generaltype have here- "tofore been 'constructed with front and rear sections constitutingthe bodyof the garment; with a' narrow insert in substantially rectangular form provided in the back of the garment, the narrow "insert constituting and being'generally known as 'an'in'serted seat. This general practice has been followed'forithe purpose of economizing n the "quantity .of material o'r yardage necessarily embodied in the fabrication of the garment.

Garments constructedin accordancewith this practice are characterized by the general "ob- .je'ction thatby necessity, theseams'onthenarrow insert are so placed that when'thewearer'of the garment is seated, the seams cause discomfort and annoyance. Furthermore, the provision "of a narrow insert in substantially longitudinally disposed oblong form,'results in theiinserted seat formed thereby to constitute a constricting area.

in'theback of the garment, so that 'it'is impossible ffo'r-the back of'th'e garment 'to assume a free'and natural position when the wearer is in sitting posture. "In accordanceIwithmy invention, I construct an undergarment 'of' this general type with an inserted seat portionnarrow at the top and 'wideningout to a substantial extent at the apex offthejseat, so that the seams joining the ins'ert d seat to the body of fthe'garment are positioned' at distances sufficiently far from the ma- "jor portion of the inserted seat, inactual'contact with thebody whenin sitting posture, to eliminate the presence of such pleats, to hang in a free and 45 natural position, yielding absolute comfort to the wearer in all positions of the body, particularly when the wearer assumes a sitting posture.

The provision of the pleats at the places in dicated, and formed in the particular manner hereinafter described, yields an added fullness of the inserted seat capable of'accommodating the shape of the body so as to constitute an undergarment characterized by a well tailored appearance as well as providing a degree of comfort "not 1 heretofore: attained "by any a construction ofi :the prior art.

'I- hus,=a particular object of 'my invention is thesprovis'ion of a man's -undergarment having ran inserted sea't na-"rrow-at the-top and'of substantiaL-widtmat the apex of the seat, the sides of the seatbeing'arcuate with respectto the vertic'al center line thereof, such inserted *seatbeing -'-provide d at substantially the apex' thereof with a plurality of pleats to give a fullness thereto, permitting the garment to hang-in afree and natural position-arid thus 'afiord comfort to the wearer. a a A g A particular embodiment or my invention is illustrated *in *theaccompanying 'drawings, in which FigJ- l is a rear viewor an undergarment (a pair onshore) constructed in accordance with'my ilw enti on;--"'-1 ig;=2 is a front -view of the garment; Fig. 3 is'aplanview'o'f llhdV'zl'I'iOllS sections, cut from appropriate patterns, before they-are as- -sembled' to constitute-my novel garment; Fig. j 4 1a fragmentary plan view of a portion of the strip of material which is to constitute the insert'ed "seat; Fig. 5 is a plan view of such seat insert portion after the formatio-nof the pleats Et'h'erein;and- Fig. 6 is =a-section on the line- 645 -olfdF7igjili 7 Referring more particularly tothedrawings, in 'which similar reference characters identify similar partsin'the 'several' views; the garment comprises Ea'body portion-formed of two sections of material fl and? joined together 'at' the front of thegar 0 9. The waistband may be provided with the expanding and contracting members l5 and 16, conventional with this type of undergarment, and not herein described in detail as it forms no part of my invention. The body sections I and 8 form and conventional manner.

The novel inserted seat provided in accordance with my invention is constituted of a strip of material l9, which is narrow at the top and widens towards the substantially horizontal center line of the insert, or apex of the seat, and then is curved inwardly toward the bottom of the insert, at'which point it is cut out in substantially triangular configuration as at 20. The narrow upper ends of the waistband immediately above'thefly the usual leg openings l1 and la in any suitablev portion of the insert is provided with a slit 2| which may be seamed as at 22.

The strip of material which is to constitute the seat insert, in the fabrication of my novel undergarment, is provided at each side of the insert approximately at the region of the: apex of the insert, with a plurality of notches. Of such notches the first, designated in Figs. 3 and 4 as 22, is substantially at the lower extremity of the edge constituting the upper half of the insert. A somewhat longer notch 23, with a more obtuse angle, is formed immediately adjacent the first notch. At the end of the notch 23 there is formed a third notch 24 which'is slightly larger than the notch 22. From the lower extremity of the lower leg of this last notch, the edge of the insert again turns inwardly and then outwardly to form the arcuate peripheral edge of the lower half of the insert.

The provision and setting of the notches along the two side edges of the inserted seat is such that in the process of fabrication of the garment two pleats, generallydesignated as 25 and 26, are formed by folding over the material extending across the seat between the apices of the notches 22 and 23, in the first instance, and the apex of the notch 24 and the lower extremity of the triangular extension below said notch, in the second instance.

The particular configuration and size of the plurality of notches are such as to insure, when the pleats 25 and 26 have been formed, a continuous curved edge for the seat insert, as shown in Fig. 5, at the widest portion of such insert.

The seat insert thus produced is then laid, in the fabrication of the garment, between the body strips 1 and 8' so that the curved sides of the lower half thereof are in contiguous relation with the inner curved edges of the two strips 1 and 8 and the substantially straight edges of the upper half of the seat insert are in contiguous relation with the straight upper portions of the inner edges of said strips. The said insert, with the pleats therein, formed as above described, are

then secured to the body strips 1 and 8 by lines of stitching 21, joining the seamed meeting edges of the respective elements. The pleated seat, at its upper edge is joined to the waistband by the stitching 28 (which may be continuous with stitching H) and to the lower extremities of the strips 1 and 8 by the sides of the cutout 20 which are stitched to the parts 29 and 30 of such body strips. i

The particular construction of tion of the garment illustrated in the drawings, is not described in detail as any other type of crotch construction may be used in conjunction with my novel seat insert.

the crotch por- In the particular garment selected for illustration, the novel seat insert embodying my invention widens from an approximate width of '7 inches at the top edge thereof, secured to the waistband, to approximately 17 inches in width at the apex of the seat, which apex is substantially at the horizontal median line of the strip constituting the insert. The two pleats provided in a garment of this approximate size are of sufficient width to yield approximately two inches in the fullness of the seat portion of the garment, which is an amount suflicient to accommodate the .shape of the body and to permit this particular portion of the garment to hang in a free and natural position. The added fullness thus secured is ampl to take care of the shape of the bodyfor both comfort and. tailoring.

It is to be understood, of course, that the above figures and measurements are given purely by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, and that the degree of widening of the elastic seat portion and the width of the pleats are dependent entirely upon size of the garment and the person whom it is desired to fit. For the same reason, the provision of two pleats as hereinabove described and illustrated in the drawings, is to be regarded as purely illustrative, as only one, or a greater number than two, of such pleats may be utilized in securing the advantages of my novel undergarment.

While, therefore, I have described a particular embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that various changes therein, particularly in the arrangement, size and configuration of the various parts thereof, may be made without departing from my invention.

I claim:

An undergarment of the type described, comprising assembled body sections and an inserted seat section of the same material, said body sections extending from the front around the sides to the rear of the garment, and said seat section 'being constituted of a strip of fabric narrow at its upper edge and widening outwardly along sharply inclined upright edges toward the horizontal central portion thereof, and then curving convexly inwardly toward the bottom edge of the strip, said undergarment being provided with a pleat structure including a plurality of folds extending entirely across said strip and confined to approximately the widest portion thereof at the region intended to surround the maximum girth of the wearer, said strip being seamed along its said widening and curved edges respectively to each of said body sections respectively, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN A. BOYSEN. 

